Drake Takes A Subtle Shot At Playboi Carti By Teasing His Strange Stream With Adin Ross

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Jun 26, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Canadian rapper Drake poses for photos on the red carpet before the 2017 NBA Awards at Basketball City at Pier 36. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner via Imagn Images SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 7: Playboi Carti on stage with Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye during the 'After Hours Til Dawn Tour' at MorumBIS on September 7, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Carti was on some weird energy during his and Adin's collab earlier this year.

Drake and Adin Ross' "Drizzmas Giveaway" went over extremely well when you look at it. The two pals were able to gift some insane prizes to some lucky winners. For example, viewers had the chance to take home tickets to Drake's upcoming shows in Australia. Additionally, more tangible items were included such as money and expensive cars. Moreover, a lot of folks were tuning in throughout the evening. In fact, just within the first 60 minutes, 180,000 people were watching it on Kick. Being able to spread their wealth to others certainly made them smile and at the end of the event, the two took some time to appreciate their time with one another. However, it didn't come without poking some fun at someone else.

Drake began by saying, "What an unlikely duo." Adin then concurred, "Real s***... I'm so happy we're close man." Drizzy couldn't agree more, and he acknowledged how important it was that they had met prior to the stream. He said that because, "Or I would have like came on your stream and like just had a hockey mask on and like tried to pretend to not know you." This appears to be an indirect dig at Playboi Carti who ruffled Adin and many others' feathers for acting strange during their stream back in February.

Are Drake & Carti Beefing Now?

He only appeared for about five minutes or so, barely said anything, and walked out with $2 million in Adin's money. Drake never says Carti's name directly, but his host knew what he was referring to. "Yeah, true... that was f***ed up." Drizzy said that it wasn't weird though, but rather what he would have done as well. That seemed to upset Adin a little, so it's hard to tell what Drake was getting at with that comment.

Since that Carti collab, though, him and Adin's relationship still seems to be in this weird gray area. The Atlanta rapper did thank him for praising his "ALL RED" snippet but then turned around and laughed at his expense during the Hitta J3 back-and-forth. If you remember Adin had started it by addressing Hitta's claims that he wasn't welcome in California due to his friendship with Drake. He even threated to sue the GNX guest, but Hitta clapped back with a response on social media. "No wonder Carti didn't take your podcast serious. You n****s be kids with some fame & let it get to yall head Adin."

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.